S.Amdt. 5512

SA 5512. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following:

SEC. 144. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE REFUELING MISSION OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE AIR FORCE.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the refueling mission of the reserve components of the Air Force is essential to ensuring the national security of the United States and allies of the United States;

(2) that mission provides for aerial aircraft refueling essential to extending the range of aircraft, which is a critical capability when facing the current threats abroad; and

(3) the Air Force should ensure any plan to retire KC-135 aircraft includes equal replacement with KC-46A aircraft.